Stone Table

The Polish
BC: Revlon - ColorStay Base Coat
Color: Love, Angeline - Stone Table, two coats
TC: Seche Vite

Wear: Lifting starting on Day 5, removed on Day 6

Sing You Like a Bee

The Polish
BC: None
Color: Nicole by OPI - Sing You Like a Bee, two coats
TC: American Classics - Gelous followed by one coat of Seche Vite

Mmm... this one again... :/ Why would I ever wear this instead of White Cap? It's still a bit textured, even with two top coats, so the only answer I can come up with is, "If I'm out of White Cap." I DO only have a smaller bottle of White Cap, but I don't wear it a ton. Is that one reason enough to keep this? *sigh* I can't make myself get rid of it yet. Back into the purgatory box to be decided upon later.

Wear: Removed on Day 6 with just a couple chips (Man, I forgot how much textures wear like armor!)

Pearl Storm

The Polish
BC: Nailtiques - Formula 2
Undies: Sinful Colors - Rain Storm, one coat
Topper: Maybelline - Precious Pearl, one and a half coats
TC: Seche Vite

I always forget how much I love Rain Storm. It's such a lovely, dusty blue shade, and it goes on in one, easy coat. I don't think I mixed Precious Pearl enough before opening it because I had to do a little fishing to get enough of the glitter and dabbing to get enough of it on the nail. Love the result, though. Snowy nails! <3

Wear: Removed on Day 6 with some chips

Crystalized

The Polish
BC: Revlon - ColorStay Base Coat
Polish: Sally Hansen - Crystalized, two coats
TC: None

I generally forget how much I enjoy this polish. So soft and pretty!

Wear: Didn't record because vacation

New-Fallen Snow

The Polish
BC: Revlon - ColorStay Base Coat
Color: LynBDesigns - New-Fallen Snow, two coats
TC: None

Ugh, another streaky white. I'm about done trying with these. They look so pretty in the bottle but just don't play nicely with me. At least I got this in the local swap and didn't pay for it. Meh.. Purge.

Wear: Removed immediately

Etoiles d'eau Salee

The Polish
BC: Revlon - ColorStay Base Coat
Color: Scofflaw Nail Varnish - Etoiles d'eau Salee, three coats
TC: Seche Vite

Hmm... This polish... Google Translate says it means "Salt Water Stars," and it's a soft white-grey with... blue and holo microglitter? It's hard to discern, in the pictures and even on the nail. It's cute, but it's definitely got the formula of a white. I'm trying to decide if it's cute enough to be worth it, but if I have to think about it, that means it's not, right? I don't have time for anything I have to fuss with. I want to love everything I put on, so this one goes.... right into purgatory. >_> Okay, look, I can't just toss into the swap box after one wear... *sigh* I'm hopeless. ^-^;

Wear: Removed on Day 3 with a little chipping

It's All Opal Now

The Polish
BC: Revlon - ColorStay Base Coat
Main: Gothic Gala Lacquers - Opal Jamila, three coats
Accent: Tough as Nails Lacquer - It's All Over Now, three coats
TC: Seche Vite

Uhm, no. No, thank you. To begin with, check out this awful bottle. What is WITH that dumb, long handle? And... are you seeing this? They put the label... ON THE CORNER OF THE BOTTLE? UGH! My OCD is so furious at you right now! >_<

Okayokay. Okay. Let's judge the polish on its own merits, shall we? ... In which case, it still fails. Streaky, pearly, silverish white... just not gonna do it for me. Please get this thing far away from me.

It's All Over Now is pretty cute, though. Blue, purple, silver, and iridescent hexes and silver shards in a grey base. The base is more sheer than I expected, so I had to layer three coats to get it to look nice, but once it's there, it sure is cute. <3 Not that you can see it in this picture, though! Will definitely have to revisit.

Wear: Removed the offending polish on Day 2 but kept the accent for the next mani

Make My Gray

The Polish
BC: Revlon - ColorStay Base Coat
Color: KBShimmer - Make My Gray, two coats
TC: Seche Vite

Hmm.. not too sure what to think about this one. It's an adorable mix of grey, teal, and hot pink (I know it kinda looks coral. It's actually hot pink) hex glitters in a white jelly base, but it seems a bit... thick. Maybe it needs some thinner? Or maybe I just needed a layer of Gelous under the SV.

Wear: Glitter sticking out drove me crazy until I picked it off on Day 1. Removed on Day 2. Yep, definitely needed some Gelous. Plus it had somehow not completely dried down to the bottom layer...

Excelsior's Table

The Polish
BC: Revlon - ColorStay Base Coat
Undies: Different Dimensions - Excelsior!, two coats
Topper: Love, Angeline - Stone Table, one coat
TC: Seche Vite

I've mentioned my inability to capture the beautiful unicorn polish that is Stone Table, and today is another example of such, unfortunately. Let me assure you, she is beautiful, especially over Excelsior! I want to wear her alllll the different ways.. over grey, over blue, in a jelly sandwich, by herself again... She's just so cute!

Wear: Some slight lifting on Day 2, removed on Day 3

Seagulls Screaming, "Crystalline!"

The Polish
BC: Revlon - ColorStay Base Coat
Main: Sally Hansen - Crystalline (Satin Glam line), three coats
Accent: Scofflaw Polish - Seagulls Screaming "Kiss Her, Kiss Her!", three coats
TC: Seche Vite

Hmm.. all of that talk about how "I'm going to love every mani" with my smaller stash, and here I am with a mani I don't love. :/ Honestly, I think it's the contrast of the accent. I DO love both of these polishes, just maybe not together? Maybe I need some glitter or something over Crystalline? I'll decide what I want to do with it tomorrow.

Wear: Removed the Scofflaw on Day 2, but kept the SH for next mani

Calla Lily

The Polish:
BC: Revlon - ColorStay Base Coat
Color: Revlon - Calla Lily, two coats
TC: Seche Vite

After a failed attempt at a creme and glitter, I needed something quick and simple before heading out for the evening on Thursday. Calla Lily is probably my go-to simple polish, the only one I have a back up for. (I probably like White Cap better, but I only have a medium size of that, so I don't wear it as often.) At this point I was out of caring and patience. I just needed something to last me until the weekend.


This was the worst video I've done so far. Like I mentioned in the description and the video itself, I could have just deleted it and forgotten it existed (I took one prior to this that actually DID get lost), but I wanted to keep it. I wanted to demonstrate to myself and to others that skills don't just happen--they have to be cultivated. This video is particularly bad, but that just means I have more room for growth. My future videos will be MUCH better just by comparison. :)

Wear: Removed on Day 3

Sing You Like a Bee

The Polish:
BC: None
Color: Nicole by OPI - Sing You Like a Bee, two coats
TC: None

I still just can't tell if I like this polish enough yet. It's like a textured version of White Cap, which is one of my favorites, but.. somehow just not quite as good. I don't know. Next time I wear it, I think I'll try it with a top coat. One of the reasons why I love White Cap is because it just seems so simple and glossy and perfect. This somehow doesn't. Maybe with a top coat, I can get it to feel that way.

SO comments, noticed while out to eat on Friday night
SO: Hmm. Gold sparkles, huh?
Me: Yeah. I'm not sure if I like it or not. It's cute, but it just doesn't seem enough.
SO: Yeah. It matches your skin color, so it's a good thing it's sparkly. Otherwise, it'd just seem like your regular skin. In which case, it'd be like, what's the point?
Me: Yeah. They call that "My Nails But Better"-- MNBB.
SO: ... Of course they'd have a term for that.
Me: *giggle*

Wear: Removed on Day 5, some chipping on Day 4

Shooting Stars in the Snow

The Polish:
BC: Revlon - ColorStay Base Coat
Undies: Fair Maiden Polish - Sleigh Bells in the Snow, two coats
Glitter: Rainbow Polish - Shooting Star, two coats
TC: Seche Vite

I don't normally wear a glitter just on top like this, especially on every nail, but New Year's calls for it. I knew everyone else would be going all out with glitzy, sparkly, gold and silver nails, and I wanted to participate, too.

Sleigh Bells in the Snow provided the perfect freshly-fallen-snow backdrop for my chosen holo glitter. Shooting Star was my first indie polish, so it holds a special place in my heart. Bam! Glitter!

And look how festive it is in the shade!

Wear: Some of those stars and large hex glitters got picked off before Day 1 was over. I'm horrible about keeping those pokey-up ones on. But it still lasted a while after that. Removed on Day 4, minor lifting beginning on Day 3

Stone Table

The Polish:
BC: Revlon - ColorStay Base Coat
Color: Love, Angeline - Stone Table, three coats
TC: Seche Vite

Sometimes I forget how awesome things are between wears. I knew I loved Stone Table, but putting it on again, I remembered just how much. Stone Table shines like a mystical unicorn on my nails. That sheer white like soft fur, that green shimmer and iridescent glitter..! Just perfect. Still couldn't capture it as well as I did in the macros I took the first time I wore it, but trust me--it's amazing.

Sometime I should really try it over a creme, maybe a nice, soft blue? But I just love it on its own so much!

Wear: Removed on Day 4 with minimal wear

Black and White Nail Art

Another guest nail art mani! I gave a friend free range of my nails, after only answering what colors I preferred, and this is what happened. Beautiful! Though the 3D parts were quite bothersome, as it turns out. Next time I'll know better and remember to say, "Nothing glued on, please!"

It might be a little hard to see, so that's loose iridescent flake glitter on the pinkie, striping tape stripes on the ring finger, tentacle-like freehand lines with rhinestones on the middle finger, dots on the index finger, and a penguin plus rhinestone snowflake on the thumb.

But that penguin, tho... *-* Much cute!

City Lights

The Polish:
BC: Nail-Aid - Extreme Steel Hardener
Color: Cirque - City Lights, three coats
TC: Seche Vite

Well, I've given up on having acceptable wear time, so I thought I might as well use up some other stuff I have, rather than using my good base coats. We'll see how this strengthener works for me. (That bubble on my pinkie is from the strengthener, though, so that's strike one against it.)

City Lights is a linear holo white, one of the types of polishes I just can't pass up. I knew from my recent comparison, though, that it wasn't my favorite. I had yet to do a full mani with it, so I decided to give it another shot.

Didn't quite live up to it. Part of it may be the brush. The other part may be the formula. It was acceptable, but seriously, I have other white holos that I love better. Purge.

Wear: Removed on Day 3 with minimal chips. Could have kept it on a day longer, but a friend wanted to do my nails.

Guided By Starlight

The Polish:
BC: Revlon - ColorStay Base Coat
Color: Blue-Eyed Girl Lacquer - Guided by Starlight, three coats
TC: Seche Vite

Hmm.. I had been avoiding wearing this one because it's finicky. I'd managed to wear it successfully as an accent once, but mostly I just didn't want to deal with it. Since I've been trying to purge lately, I thought I'd make a final decision about it.

It IS pretty cute. Last time I tried laying it on thick, so this time I thought I'd try going the thin route. That didn't work, either, though, because it's a streaky white. Meh.

But the glitters! So many glitters! Allllll of the glitters. Stars and moons and diamonds and circles and squares and hexes and micros.. holo gold and holo silver and iridescent.. oh my goodness! I wish it was easier to deal with, but I just don't care enough. Someone who cares more can deal with it. Not me. Purge.

Wear: Removed on Day 3 with slight lifting. Hmm.. I'm not getting nearly as good wear as I normally do.. I wonder what's going on. It's not just needing to use cuticle remover because I used it just before this mani. There must be something else messing with me.

Eggnogoholic

The Polish:
BC: Revlon - ColorStay Base Coat
Color: Girly Bits - Eggnogoholic, three coats with matte before the third
Matte: China Glaze - Matte Magic, before the third coat
TC: Seche Vite

Ugh, again with this streaky mess? Okay, to be fair, it definitely looks better than the last time I wore this polish, but still, Eggnogoholic just doesn't live up to the ideal form of itself. In an attempt to counteract the steakyness, I used a matte coat before the final coat of polish to level everything out, but it only helped a little.

I COULD put this polish into purgatory and wear it again over a pure white... but I feel like two chances is all something really needs. If I don't love it, it needs to go. Ain't nobody got time fo' dat! Straight into the purge box with you.

Wear: Light lifting on Day 3, removed immediately

Winter Party

The Polish:
BC: CND - Stickey
Undies: China Glaze - Dandy Lyin' Around, two coats
Glitter: Forever Polished - Winter Party, two coats
TC: None

Meh.. I just wasn't feeling this. It's just not special enough for me, and I need the real estate on my racks for things that I love. Purge.

Wear: Removed immediately

Peaceful Opposition

The Polish:
BC: Revlon - ColorStay Base Coat
Color: Orly - Peaceful Opposition, three coats
TC: Seche Vite
Matte: China Glaze - Matte Magic, one coat (bottom two images)

I picked this up at the annual Salon Brands sale for a dollar, and it was probably a good use of a dollar, I think. This polish is alright, but I think what I like the most about it is its name. I'm not sure if I actually like the polish itself or not.

It's a sheer white base with silver hex and square glitters. It's pretty similar to Popular/Starry Pink, though the glitters are larger in this one, and the base isn't pink. I need to purge about 20-ish polishes coming up sometime soonish, and I probably don't need to keep both of them. Just need to decide which I like better.

Then I added a layer of matte, and it turned out even cuter than shiny! That definitely adds to its keep-ability.

Wear: Four days to lifting. I thought it would be quicker because of the matte, but I was happily proven wrong.